Guardedness

Lawrence was smiling but there was a guardedness is his eyes, an opaqueness that made me wonder how funny he found his own joke. ❋ Chris Cleave (2008)

This guardedness, which is shared by the South and East Asian populations, enhances the appeal of branch campuses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I mean, I think that's pretty expected and natural and not the kind of guardedness we usually see with children that grow up in the public spotlight, who seem very trained or cautious around the media. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The openness of a few moments ago was gone; his eyes contained that familiar guardedness. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

Old patterns of guardedness and social insularity still remain within Mormon culture. ❋ Joanna Brooks (2011)

Woven from deft, nimble sentences, her stories convey with beauty and searing honesty the juxtapositions of adolescence -- that self-conscious guardedness combined with lovely and sometimes tragic naivety. ❋ Brian Gresko (2011)

I also realize that sometimes this guardedness comes off poorly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Finally, the major problem of a merchantallist foreign currency policy Although this guardedness with their economy has allowed to not be exploited by the west, it limits their ability to lead in a larger fashion, since China will be for China, not the rest of the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rejecting something brings about more guardedness and resistance, therefore creating more of what we don't like. ❋ Roya R. Rad (2010)

There's no shame, no guardedness and perhaps most impressively, no status anxiety. ❋ Robi Ludwig (2011)

But it represents artifact thinking, an inherent guardedness to language and learning. ❋ Tom Vander Ark (2010)